ungrounded
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6.7
- adjective
- /ʌnˈɡraʊndɪd/
:
sin restricciones
- Can she be ungrounded?
Examples
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She felt ungrounded in the unfamiliar city, unsure of where to go next.
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When a student is ungrounded after a long break, they can easily lose focus in class.
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And then also, like you, you can't ever become ungrounded, you know?
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You feel tired and sleep more, or when you have emotions and are more physically moved into your body, you feel them more strongly than you do when you are ungrounded because that is part of the physical experience.
Blog text (20) -
Art became the channel for poetic individuation, and enormous but socially ungrounded energy is reconfigured much like iron filings around a newly formed magnetic field.
Academic text (2000) -
During the meeting, his ideas seemed ungrounded, lacking clear evidence or logical reasoning.
Synonyms
2
8.3
Free and not limited by rules
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5.3
Free to move or act without being stopped
Continuing without a break because nothing blocks it
Free from something that holds you so you can move or act
Antonyms
How Restricted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ungrounded comes from un- 'not' and ground 'to keep on the ground' (as in a plane or a punished child). If something or someone is not kept on the ground, they are ungrounded, meaning not barred, restricted, or prevented from operating or going out.